Target-operating mechanism.



C. E. WENRICH. TARGET OPERATING MEGHANIsM. APPLICATION FILED mums, 1912.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

Attorneys nnrrnn STATES PATENT onrion.

CHRISTOPHER E. WENRICI'I, 0F HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF 'IO PHILIP D. ALLWINE, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

TARGET-OPERATING- MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented F b 24 1914 1911, Serial No. 653,373. Divided and this application filed February 28, 1912. Serial No. 680,559.

Original application filed October 7,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER E. WnN- RICH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Target-Operating Mecha' nism, of which the following is a specification.

This invention of the casing and receives a shifting lug 19 which projects into the spiral roove and is carried by a sleeve 20 whici is slidably mounted on the casing 15. This sleeve has trunnions 21 extending in opposite directions therefrom at diametrically opposed points, said trunnions being engaged by the slotted ends 22 of a yoke 23. This yoke constitutes one arm of a bell crank lever 21 the handle 25 of which may be of any de sired length. This bell crank lever is fulcrumed, as at 26, within a bracket 27 extending upwardly from one of the sup ports 16.

Ears 28 extend from the bracket 27 and a socket member 29 is mounted for rotation between these ears and receives the lower angular end 30 of a standard 31 carrying a target 32. Outwardly diverging arms 33 extend from the socket member 29 and arranged between these arms is a finger 3 1 formed on or secured to that end of the rod 7 mounted on the wrist pin 10.

Extending close to one side of the path of handle 25 is a longitudinally slotted standard 35 having a locking plate 36 pivotally connected to the standard at its upper end. This locking plate has upper and lower notches 37 and 38 either of which is adapted to receive the handle 25, and a tongue 39 extends from the notched edge of the plate and is adapted to project through the standard 35, said tongue having an opening 41-0 in which a lock may be placed whereby withdrawal of the locking plate from the slot in standard 35 is prevented.

VVhen it is desired to throw the target in one direction, the plate 36 is unlocked and swung laterally so as to remove the said late out of engagement with the handle 25. Said handle is then shifted upwardly or downwardly as desired and the yoke 23 moves sleeve 20 longitudinally of the casing 15. The stud 19 carried by this sleeve thus pushes against one wall of the spiral groove 13 and causes the cylinder 12 to rotate. Disk 11 will therefore be turned. As the disk 11 rotates, the finger 34 moves against the arm 33 in the path thereof and shifts it, thus causing the target 32 to be rotated. After the handle 25 has been shifted, plate 36 is swung toward the standard 35 so that the handle will become seated within one of the notches 37 and 38. The plate can relates to mechanism for operating switch targets and is more particularly a division of an application filed in the United States Patent Office by me on October 7, 1911, said application bearing Serial No. 653,37 3.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide simple and accurate means whereby the target will be shifted to either of its positions simultaneously with the actuation of the switch with which it is combined.

Another object is to provide mechanism of this character which will not readily get out of order.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departinofrom the spirit of the invention.

In t e accompanying drawings the pre-- ferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings :-Figure 1 is a central vertical section through the target operating mechanism. Fig.2 is an end elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 7 designates a rod adapted to be connected to a switch and this rod is mounted, at one end, upon a wrist pin 10 extending from a disk 11 which, in turn, is secured to one end of a cylinder 12. This cylinder has a spiral groove 13 extending partly therearound and another annular groove 14 is formed in one end portion of the cylinder. Said cylinder is mounted for rotation within a bearing casing 15 mounted in suitable supports 16, said casing being held against movement and there being a holding stud 17 extending inwardly from the casing and projecting into the annular groove 14. A longitudinal slot 18 is formed in the top then be secured .by means of a pad lock or the like placed in engagement with the apertured tongue 39.

hat is claimed is The combination with a supporting stru ture having outstanding ears arranged one above the other, of a socket member mounted for rotation between the ears, a standard revolubly and detachably seated in the socket to rotate E with said socket member, arms diverging from the socket member, a disk; means for mounted within one of the ears Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

- Washington, D. 0. 

